Rail-anchor.



L. J. BERKELEY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30.1913.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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' L. 1. BERKELEY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FlLED JULY 30, I918.

' Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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LAURENCE J. BERKELEY, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE P & M COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed July 30, 1918. Serial No. 247,403.

of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a rail anchor or anti-creeping device, and particularly to a device adapted to engage. with one flange only of the base of a rail and to be held in its operative position by means of a member which cuts or bites into the rail.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide an anti-creeping device of this type which will be small, compact, inex ensive to manufacture, and capable of bemg easily applied to a rail, and which at the same time, will have the necessary strength and tenacity of 'p on the rail to withstand the very consigg rable stresses to which devices of this sort are subjected. More particularly my invention relates to an anti-creeper or rail anchor comprising a shoe member adapted to engage the rail on one side only, and a revoluble key for holdsaid shoe in locked engagement with the ra The device will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail and a portion of a tie, showing the rail anchor of my invention in position on the rail;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the partsshown Fig. 3 is a sectional'view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view" of the shoe and rail-engaging member of the anchor; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the key member.

In the drawings, the anchor is shown as applied to one of the base flanges 10 of a rail 11 in position to abut a tie 12.

The anchor comprises a shoe consisting preferably of a single malleable iron casting having upper and lower jaw members 13, 14, which define a space 15, shaped to accommodate one flange of the base of the rail. A depending shoulder or flange 16 serves as an abutment for the tie. The device is usual shoulder of which abuts the outer surface of the metal surrounding the opening through the end. wall of the shoe. Prefer- .ably the bottom edge 21 of the key is rounded to permit rotation of the key in the groove 17, the bottom of which is correspondingly rounded, as indicated at 22. The upper edge of the key is provided with a plurality of preferably diagonally disposed ribs or teeth 23, the number and size of which may be varied as may be necessary to give the anchor sufiicient holding capacity. Preferably, as will be noted by referring to Fig. 2, the slant of the teeth 23 is such that the key when rotatedinto locking position willl draw the anchor more tightly upon the m1 In locating the device on the rail flange the shoe is placedagainst the tie and forced into tight engagement with the flange by means of a hammer, for example. Thereupon the key is engaged by a suitable tool and rotated from the inclined position shown in thedotted lines in Fig. 1 to the substantially vertical position shown in the full lines in this and other figures of the drawings. This may be provided with a lug 24, which lug is bent downwardly alongside of the key.

It is apparent that the exact form and arrangement of the parts are immaterial, and that changes may be made therein without departure from the principle of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with a part adapted to bear against a tie, and a revofor holding said member in locked engagement with the rail.

3. In a rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with a part adapted to bear against a tie, and formed with a groove, and a revoluble key in said groove adapted to bite into the rail for holding said member in locked engagement with the rail.

4. In a rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with means for bearing against a tie and comprising jaws to engage the top and bottom faces of the base flange of a rail, one of said jaws being formed with a key-way, and a revoluble key in said key-way adapted to bite into the base of the rail for holding said member in locked engagement with the rail.

In a rail nchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with means for bearing against a tie and comprising jaws to engage the top and bottom faces of the base'flange of a rail, one of said jaws being formed with a key-way transversely arranged with respect to the rail, and rev olnblc key in said key-way adapted to bite into the base of the rail for holding said member in locked engagement with the rail.

6. In a rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with means for bearing against the tie and comprisin upper and lower jaws to engage the top and bottom faces of the base flange of the rail, the lower jaw being formed with a key-way, and a revoluble key in said key-Way adapted 'to bite into the bottom of the base flange for with t rail.

7. Ina rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member'provided with means for hearing against a tie and comprising upper and ower jaws to engage the top and bottom faces of the base flange of the rail, the lower jaw being formed wlth a key-way, transversely-arranged with respect to the rail, and a revoluble key in said key-way adapted to bite into the bottom of the base flange for holding said member in locked engagement with the rail.

8. In a rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with a part adapted to bear against a tie, and a revoluble key having'a plurality of teeth adapted to bite into the rail for holding said member in locked engagement with the rail.

t). In a rail anchor, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with a part holding said member in locked engagement adapted to bear against a tie, and a revoluble .rail engaging member provided with a part adapted to bear against a tie, a revoluble key adapted to bite into the rail for holding said member in locked engagement with the rail, and a lug on said rail engaging member adapted to be bent down behind the key to hold the same in its operative position.

12. In a rail anchor for engaging one side of a rail only, the combination of a shoe adapted to have a wedging hold on one of the base flanges of the rail, said, shoe being formed with a key-way having a substantially vertical face and an inclined face, and a revoluble key in said key-way provided with teeth which are adapted to bite into the base of the rail when the key is turned against the vertical face of the key-way.

13. In a rail anchor for engaging one side of a rail only, the combination of a shoe adapted to have a wedging hold on one of the base flanges of the rail, said shoe being formed with a key way, transversely arranged with respect to the rail, having a substantially vertical face and an inclined face, and a revoluble key in said key-way provided with teeth which are adapted to bite into the base of the rail when the key is turned against the vertical face of the keyway.

14. In a rail anchor for engaging one side of a rail only, the combination of a shoe adapted to have a wedging hold on one of the base flanges of'the rail, said shoe being formed with a. key-Way havin a substantially vertical face and an inc ined face, a revoluble key in said key-way provided with teeth which are adapted to bite into the base of the rail when the key is turned against the vertical face of the key-way, and means gor holding said key against said vertical 15. In a rail anchor for engaging one side only of the base flange of a rail, the combination of a rail engaging member provided with means for bearing against a tie the 125 and comprising up er and lower jaws, lower aw being ormed wlth a ke -Way rounded at the bottom and having a su stantially vertical face and an inclined face, and v revoluble key in said key-way, the bottom of which is rounded and the upper edge of which is formed with ribs having cutting edges.

16. In a rail anchor for engaging one side only of the base flange of a rail, the combination' of a rail engaging member provided with means for bearing against a tie and comprising upper and lower jaws, the lower jaw being formed with. a key-way rounded at the bottom and having a substantially vertical face and an inclined face, and a revoluble key in said key-way, the bottom of which is rounded and the upper edge of which is formed with ribs having cuttintg edges which. are disposed diagonally wi respect to the rail. 1

17. In a rail anchor, the combination of a shoe recessed to engage one of the base flanges of a rail and formed with a ke -way, and a revolu'ble key in said key-way aving a head bearing against the outer end of'the shoe and teeth adapted when the key is turned to its operative position to bite into the base of the rail.

v LAURENCE J. BERKELEY. 

